Marathwada Accelerator for Growth and Incubation Council

Choosing the right route

• For a startup or idea that wants mentoring, space and a structured path, apply to the MAGIC incubation programme.
• For a student or faculty-led idea, the same incubation programme names student and faculty-led teams among those it takes.
• For defence and strategic technology, check whether your work fits an iDEX challenge, since MAGIC supports innovators taking part in those.
• For government seed funding, ask MAGIC whether the Startup India Seed Fund or the MSInS Seed Fund fits your stage.

How applications work

• Apply through the online incubation form. It asks for your startup or idea, sector, stage, the problem you solve and your solution, and an optional pitch deck (PPT, PPTX or PDF, up to 20 MB).
• The form also asks whether the startup is registered, and gives space for an Udyam number and a DPIIT number if you have them.

How selection works

• Applications go through preliminary screening and evaluation, then an interaction and mentoring review, and then selection for incubation.

What reviewers look for

• Innovation, feasibility and the potential for impact and scale. Being willing to engage actively with mentoring is a stated requirement.

MAGIC (Marathwada Accelerator for Growth & Incubation Council) is a startup incubator and SME accelerator based at Bajaj Bhavan in the MIDC Industrial Area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, formerly Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Its own site says it was established in 2018 and promoted by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries & Agriculture (CMIA).

MAGIC describes itself as sector-agnostic. It supports startups and innovators across India through mentoring, infrastructure, funding programmes and ecosystem access, and it also runs programmes for MSMEs and early-stage innovators.

How MAGIC works

Its incubation follows a set sequence: application and screening, idea validation, product development, mentoring and review, funding and market access, and then growth. Selected startups get onboarding support, mentoring schedules and access to MAGIC's facilities and ecosystem programmes.

MAGIC also facilitates several government and innovation programmes. These include the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, the MSInS Seed Fund run with the Maharashtra State Innovation Society, and support for innovators taking part in iDEX defence challenges. For these, MAGIC handles awareness, application guidance, mentoring, and progress reporting. The scheme itself decides funding.

Who can apply

MAGIC's incubation is open to early-stage startups, student innovators and faculty-led startups, MSMEs with innovative ideas, and entrepreneurs across sectors. Applicants should have an idea, a prototype or an early-stage startup, show potential for scalability and impact, and be ready to take part in mentoring. Preference goes to innovation-driven ideas that can create jobs or deliver social or economic impact.

Where MAGIC operates

The head office is in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. MAGIC also runs an incubation centre at ITI Jalna, in Jalna district, and a defence startup centre called Anveshana.

Recognition

MAGIC's recognition page lists the Ministry of MSME among the national and state institutions that recognise and support it, alongside several government innovation schemes.

Scale

MAGIC's pages report counts of startups incubated, jobs created and mentoring sessions. These figures are self-reported, and its pages give different counts for startups incubated (180+ on the about page, 185 on the homepage), so treat them as approximate.